Last night, the Russian Federation launched a massive strike against Ukraine, deploying 94 strike drones of various types. According to the Air Force Command, enemy drones attacked from different directions, including from Oryol, Millerovo, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, as well as from Gvardeyskoye in temporarily occupied Crimea.
This is reported by Finway
Details of the Night Attack and Air Defense Operations
The main types of drones used by the Russians for the attack were Shahed, “Gerbera,” “Italmas,” and others. According to preliminary military data, as of 08:00, Ukraine’s air defense managed to shoot down or suppress 84 enemy drones in the north, south, and east of the country. At the same time, hits by 10 strike drones were recorded in four regions, along with debris falling in two locations.
“According to preliminary data, as of 08:00, the air defense shot down/suppressed 84 enemy UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types, and other types in the north, south, and east of the country,” the report states.
Systematic Strikes on Civilian Infrastructure and Signs of Genocide
Russian military forces regularly carry out attacks on Ukrainian cities using various types of weapons: strike drones, missiles, guided bombs, and multiple launch rocket systems. These strikes are aimed not only at military targets but also at civilian infrastructure across all regions of Ukraine.
Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify such strikes as war crimes committed by the Russian Federation and emphasize their targeted nature. Particularly dangerous are the attacks on the life-support systems of the population and healthcare facilities, which lead to the deprivation of electricity, heat, water, communication, and complicate the provision of medical assistance and other necessary living conditions. Such actions exhibit genocidal characteristics, as noted by human rights defenders and researchers.
Russian officials have repeatedly made public statements about their intentions to destroy the Ukrainian nation, denying the existence of Ukrainians as a separate ethnicity. Additionally, there are reports of persecution and extermination of pro-Ukrainian individuals in occupied territories, the extermination of the intelligentsia, the deportation of children, as well as the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage and the alteration of children’s identities through the education system.
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, obliges member states to prevent acts of genocide and hold perpetrators accountable in both wartime and peacetime. According to the Convention’s definition, genocide is actions aimed at the complete or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
Among the signs of genocide are the killing of group members, causing them serious bodily harm, creating conditions intended for destruction, obstructing childbirth, the forcible transfer of children, and public incitement to commit such acts. The Russian leadership denies accusations of carrying out targeted attacks on civilian infrastructure and the deaths of Ukraine’s peaceful population.